NZ at Noon: Dr Fitz missing, Dunedin crazies, reluctant turtle

Brodie Hunter has had his toy monkey Dr Fitz accompany him to about 20 operations so far, but his reassuring pal won't be at his latest treatment today after going missing at Tauranga Hospital.

Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a boy who has lost Dr Fitz, who "makes me not afraid when I go into operations", some crazies in Dunedin and a turtle who didn't appear to want the chance of freedom.

Sergeant Wayne Hunter has issued a missing person's notice for a toy monkey named Dr Fitz. Please help find him.

This group of crazies can't go to bed happy at night unless they've somersaulted over picnic tables, backflipped off trees, run up a few walls or leapt over the scary gaps between buildings.

The smallest of three turtles released at the Poor Knights Island seemed reluctant to leave his caregivers.